swim through the fires to stay in this world

empressearwig posted a question meme in the hopes of perking up LJ, and that is a call to battle I will never walk away from.

If you want to play, answer the questions below, switching out and adding new questions as desired.

1. Are you a shower in the morning or at night person?

Both. Definitely in the morning, and if I had a hard day at work or went running after work, it's definitely time for another shower.

2. For what television series are you completely satisfied with the amount of canon that aired?

Wonderfalls. That show has a beginning, middle, end, had several romances that developed and ended in interesting and/or satisfying places, and told a complete story in its thirteen episodes.

3. Newest musical discovery.



4. Do you have certain things you wear everyday?

Like a signature piece of jewelry? Nope. I'm not that classy

5. Favorite fanfiction tropes.

Roadtrip fic, sex before love, pretending to be a couple, mistaken for a couple.

6. If I came to visit you, what thing in your city would I absolutely need to see/do before I left?

I live in Seattle, and I'd take you for a stroll around Pike Place and then up to the Space Needle. Yes, it's super-over priced (like WHOA) but if you're not from Washington, and you're unlikely to be in Seattle soon.... why not.

7. What's the worst job you've ever had?

Either when I was working in a ice cream parlor (hipster ice cream, not great boss, coworkers who didn't like me) or my post-college data entry job.

8. What did you do at recess in elementary school?

Got teased. Read.

9. Do you have a preferred highlighter color?

I am a fan of blue, but that's 'cause I like blue. Realistically, the classic yellow is my go-to. (Especially as it doesn't show up on copies.)

10. What was the first instant messaging program you ever used?

AOL! The one and only messaging program I used.

11. Oldest and newest icon.

There was this Luna icon that I thought I saved but didn't, which was mainly her face (she was injured, I think it was from the last movie) right at the bottom and she was looking super-badass? Anyone know what I'm talking about?

Does anyone have that really great close-cropped icon of Mitchell (from Being Human UK) smoking? Where you can see his eyes and his fingerless gloves and the cigarette and it's sexy as fuck?

I have repeatedly had the thought – especially as LJ slows down and is no longer the dominant fandom platform



that I really don’t need all the icons that I have, and that I should be more frugal with my money.

And yet every year, I keep buying add-on user pics, because goddamn, I love my LJ icons. I love uploading and curating them and thinking up keywords and being sad when I realize that there is this awesome icon haven’t used in ages.

So… share your tragic LJ icon stories/your feelings about everyone deciding tumblr is a functional text system (spoiler alert: it’s not and it’s terrible)/ask me questions or make comments about my icons.

created by mollivanders:

Comment with "I love you as certain dark things are to be loved, in secret, between the shadow and the soul." and I will choose five SHIP-SPECIFIC icons. You will then make a post explaining why you liked that icon in particular for the ship in question.

mollivanders asked me about:

three years by my side
Just as an icon, I love the gorgeous green color, the sense of motion. Relating to the ship, I feel like Adelle and Dominic's history; that he was, to the best of her knowledge, the loyal knight to her ruling queen, is such a pivotal element to their dynamic. They were good together, they worked together well, and that Adelle (who trust so sparingly) had no idea that Dominic was working against her is heartbreaking and adds this personal element. Remember when Lawrence asks to die and Adelle leans down to his ear and hisses, "I'd rather you didn't."

none of it

I feel like I should have more to say about this icon, but it's actually damn hard to find good Inara/Mal icons, and this was a great moment; it's River's mental snatch of them, and the positioning - that Inara is looking at the viewer, intimate, and that Mal is looking away, remote, really sums up why this ship might struggle to be in the same place at the same time. Also, the text works for both of them.

you know i do

I'm not typically a fan of icons with that much orange, but I love how this represents that these two are warriors together; Clint getting ready to grab and arrow, Natasha with her blooded lip.

pride & prejudice

I love the bright colors, I love how this icon just pops, and I really like that the iconmaker did not force this image into something lovey-dovey (back before we got to see Darcy looking at Lizzie like the best thing he'd already lost and Lizzie looking Darcy with dawning realization, there were some manips that tried to force it, and they just didn't work). I like that the text works for both characters at this point in the story.

never indifferent

...and now we have Lizzie and Darcy about the make the fuck out. I love Lizzie's giddy grin, Darcy's aroused smirk, and the fact that the screen shot makes it clear that Lizzie is about to turn off the camera Because Of Reasons.

I would really like another awesome Darcy icon and a Team Science! icon (a.k.a. an icon of Selvig, Jane, and Darcy sitting on the roof together).

Help an orphan girl out?

Does anyone know where I could find some good stock icons of Natalie Dormer? Preferably with her doing the little lip-pout that she does?

Icons:

• Mako (Pacific Rim)


• Lois, Lois/Clark (Man of Steel)

Yuletide:

• Hawkeye


• Captain Marvel (Carol/Jess, OFC)


• Mako/Raleigh


• Lois/Clark (Man Of Steel)

I need keywords for this icon and I have no ideas.